Talk:MLRS-1 Hydra

I'm a little iffy on calling it a grenade launcher, since the (admittedly limited) footage I've seen seems to show the projectile being self-propelled and guided, but it's the closest term I know of. Anybody who knows better, please feel free to correct it. -- Qura 'Morhek ^{The Autocrat of Morheka} 16:26, 26 November 2014 (EST)

I'd say air burst grenade launcher since unlike the plasma launcher, these are (what looks like) grenades and they seem to explode near the target. SamGall (talk) 17:52, 26 November 2014 (EST)

Edited out the trivia section

I removed the trivia section because the only bit was someone noting that it "resembled the XM-25 in form and function", which is not really something I think is up to this wiki's standards. First of all, it does not resemble the XM-25 at all. The XM-25 is in a bullpup configuration and is fed from detaching box magazines. Second, it is only similar in function on the most basic level, in that it fires "smart grenades". The XM-25 does include a range-finder and computer that allows the user to set the 25mm grenades to detonate at variable distances from the range scanned. But the grenades are not self-propelled (they fire from a shell like conventional bullets) and most certainly do not guide themselves. I think a youngster just recently learned of the existence of the XM-25 from Call of Duty or something, and tried to shoehorn in their "knowledge". Anyone who knows anything about contemporary weapons would know that the Hydra is no more similar to the Hydra than other contemporary "smart grenade" launchers. The idea of grenades that can be set to fire at a determined distance is not new, nor is it unique to the XM-25.

Long story short, the trivia was not really accurate or relevant. It makes no more sense than to say the M90 shotgun is similar in form and function to the Pancor Jackhammer.